LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on canvas

Measurements:

17.52 in. (44.50 cm.) (height) by 22.99 in. (58.40 cm.) (width)

Markings:

signed and dated 'Sabavala 49' (upper right); further titled, signed and inscribed and dated 'Nude / Jehangir Sabavala Paris 49' (on the reverse)

Exhibited:

Mumbai, Taj Art Gallery, Paintings and Drawings by Jehangir Sabavala, 2-11 April 1951 Mumbai and New Delhi, National Gallery of Modern Art, Jehangir Sabavala, A Retrospective, 19 December 2005 - 9 January 2006

Literature:

Paintings and Drawings by Jehangir Sabavala, exhibition catalogue, 1951 (illustrated, unpaginated) R. Hoskote, The Crucible of Painting, The Art of Jehangir Sabavala, Mumbai, 2005, p. 64 (illustrated) The Naked and the Nude, The Body in Indian Modern Art, exhibition catalogue, New Delhi, 2013, p. 44 (illustrated)

Provenance:

Acquired directly from the artist, circa 1970s Private Collection, Mumbai Corporate Collection, India Saffronart, 15 February 2014, lot 36 Acquired from the above by the present owner